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The Rotters' Club (album)

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Released
  
March 1975

The Rotters' Club (1975)
  
Afters (1980)

Release date
  
March 1975

Label
  
Virgin Records

Length
  
50:15

Artist
  
Hatfield and the North

Producer
  
Hatfield and the North

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Recorded
  
Saturn Studios, Worthing, January–February 1975

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Canterbury scene

Similar
  
Hatfield and the North albums, Canterbury scene albums, Other albums

The Rotters' Club is the second album by Hatfield and the North. It was also in part an inspiration for the novel of the same name by Jonathan Coe.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Share It" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 3:03
  2. "Lounging There Trying" (Miller) – 3:15
  3. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" (Stewart) – 0:43
  4. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 0:30
  5. "The Yes No Interlude" (Pyle) – 7:01
  6. "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" (Pyle) – 7:33
  7. "Didn't Matter Anyway" (Sinclair) – 3:33
  8. "Underdub" (Miller) – 4:02
  9. "Mumps" (Stewart) – 20:31
    1. "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Quiet) 1:59
    2. "Lumps" 12:35
    3. "Prenut" 3:55
    4. "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Loud) 1:37

The 1987 re-release of the album added five bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters:

  1. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" – 0:43
  2. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" – 0:20
  3. "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" (Sinclair) – 6:07
  4. "Oh, Len's Nature!" (aka "Nan True's Hole") (live 1975) (Miller) – 1:59
  5. "Lything and Gracing" (live 1974) (Miller) – 3:58

Notes: The first two are abridged versions of those on the original release of The Rotters' Club. "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" was first released on "Over the Rainbow" - a various artists live album. This version is slightly shorter, the introduction is cross-faded with the preceding track. The last two tracks were first released on Afters.

Personnel

  • Phil Miller: Guitar
  • Dave Stewart: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Piano, Tone generator
  • Richard Sinclair: Bass guitar, Lead vocals, Guitar (7)
  • Pip Pyle: Drums
  • Jimmy Hastings: Saxophone (5 & 9), Flute (6-8 & 9)
  • Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal: Backing vocals (6 & 9)
  • Lindsay Cooper: Bassoon (3 & 5)
  • Tim Hodgkinson: Clarinet (3 & 5)
  • Mont Campbell: French horn (3 & 4)

    • Songs

    1Share It3:03
    2Lounging There Trying3:15
    3(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw0:43

    References

    The Rotters' Club (album) Wikipedia
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